00:00The 22-year-old Toure was born in a refugee camp in Guinea after his parents fled Liberia,
00:06and he views the tournament as the ultimate way to pay back the country that gave his family an opportunity
00:11to live.
00:12Toure has established himself as Popovich's first choice striker, despite having only 10 caps,
00:19following a flying start in England's second tier with Norwich City, where he scored 9 goals in 11 appearances.
00:25His close friend, 20-year-old Nestori Irankunda, was born in a Tanzanian refugee camp to Burundian parents
00:33and currently plays his club football in England's second tier for Watford.
00:39Irankunda has become a major fan favorite across his 15 appearances for Australia,
00:44widely celebrated by the supporters for his high-energy and flashy post-goal celebrations on the field.
00:51Awaremobile first discovered soccer playing with other children at a refugee camp in Kenya,
00:56where he lived until the age of 10, after his family was displaced by the civil war in Sudan.
01:02The 38-cap forward earned a recall to the national team in March
01:07after finding strong form for Castellan in Spain's 2nd Division,
01:11marking his return to the Socceroos after nearly two years away.
01:15The current Australian squad reflects an increasingly diverse nation,
01:20featuring six players with African heritage,
01:23which makes up nearly a quarter of the World Cup roster and doubles the number from Qatar 2022.
01:30Four of these players grew up and developed their skills in Adelaide,
01:33an unlikely hotbed of talent heavily supported by the local A-League club's strong links to the city's African communities.
01:41Towering striker Tete Yengi is the fourth member of this Adelaide cohort,
01:46having recently scored on his international debut during Australia's 1-to-1 World Cup warm-up match against Switzerland.
01:53Yengi boasts South Sudanese heritage and maintains a strong rapport with Irankunda,
01:59having previously played alongside him as a teammate for the Adelaide United Club.
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